Chris Morris On Episodic Gameplay

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By Elia 'Mithan' Doulia

Chris Morris, author of the regular CNNMoney Column titled "Game Over" has posted a new column today about episodic gameplay. There are also some interesting spoilers as well for Half Life 2 so you may want to skip the spoiler part...

Whether Valve will continue with episodic content after "Episode Three" hasn't yet been decided. The company knew its fans would likely buy the first installment regardless. But they don't know if players will stick with the formula.

"So far the feedback has been really positive and led me to believe we'll be continuing to do this in the future," acknowledged Newell. "But we want to get these three out, then sit back and do a post mortem. ... We're really interested in trying this, then sitting down with some customers and asking them 'Do you want a TV series or do you want movies - or a mixture of both?' It's like they've had a diet of feature length experiences for a long time and this is their first chance to try something different."

By now, I would venture to say that some of you have formed an opinion on Episodic Play based on your SIN and HL2: EP1 experiences, so share your thoughts on wheather or not you like it and if you think it has a future.